In a bold stride towards public health, the UK Parliament has recently advanced legislation aimed at banning cigarette sales to…
The UK government is set to introduce a ban on foreign government ownership of British newspapers and news magazines. This…
In a decisive move to spur economic growth, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has presented a budget focused on long-term prosperity…
Barclays Bank has embarked on a significant restructuring process, reducing its global workforce by 5,000. This decision forms part of…
Microsoft has successfully closed its $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, a significant move in the gaming industry. This…
The Bank of England's Governor, Andrew Bailey, recently made headlines by suggesting that interest rates are nearing their peak, although…
The UK's economy is ailing, and this isn't just a figure of speech. More Britons than ever are out of…
In a world-first initiative, one million smokers in England will be encouraged to trade cigarettes for vapes in the innovative…
The rate of corporation tax is going up in the UK! That's right, starting next month, companies with over £250,000…
Nestle, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, is planning to increase prices again this year as they…
Annual food prices in the UK went up by 14.7% in October, representing the largest increase since records began in…
The UK economy has been plunged into economic turmoil since the announcement of the mini-budget last week. Since the new chancellor,…
The UK inflation rate is rising at its fastest rate in 40 years. This is predominantly a result of soaring…
On April 1st, the new UK plastic tax will come into effect. The levy on firms will charge £200 per…
Following a high court ruling about Uber's relationship with their customers, the price of each ride may be about to…
The gas price surge across Europe has led to the collapse of two small UK gas providers. Avro Energy and Green,…
With over 15 million people having now received their first of two Covid-19 jabs, there appears to be a rising…
The UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has just announced the government’s latest scheme to save people’s jobs from the ongoing Coronavirus…
The unemployment rate in the UK has risen to its highest level in two years, with an official figure of…
The results are out for the economic impact that Covid-19 has had on the world’s major economies in the first…
Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, has reached out to their suppliers and asked them to ‘kindly’ reduce the price…
Government spending is a complicated business. In a mixed economy, the role of the government is undoubtedly vital in providing…
In April, the UK government launched an unprecedented job retention scheme to combat the economic fallout of the coronavirus on employment. Under the…
In the last three months, governments around the world have been spending huge sums of money on packages to reduce…
The cost of petrol in the UK is nearing £1 for the first time in four years. This is the…
As of Wednesday this week, national minimum wage in the UK has increased by 6.2% for those aged 25 and…
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in January this year, governments and central banks around the world have been spending trillions…
McDonald's has announced that as of Monday evening it will close all 1,270 of their UK based restaurants until further…
In yet another unbelievable day of economic policy in action, the chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced yesterday the…
For the second time in a week, the Bank of England has cut interest rates in an attempt to rescue…
In an attempt to combat the economic fallout caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Bank of England has…
All eyes are on the UK’s new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, who will soon be announcing the government’s budget for the…
The British Home Secretary has suggested the training and upskilling of the economically inactive in order to fill the large…
With the UK finally leaving the EU this week, talk is beginning to ramp up over what a potential trade…